Striking a Chord for Southern Music Scholarship
From the Mississippi Delta blues to the birth of rock ’n’ roll, the chords that shaped American music were first struck in the South, and a new gift is helping…
A Gift That Gives Back Now
When Barbara Collier considered how best to honor her late husband, John Brooks Collier, she kept returning to a single, guiding idea: timing matters. Generosity, she believed, should make a…
Greenfield Farm Gift Celebrates a Family of Readers
Early in the planning stages for Greenfield Farm Writers Residency, John T Edge, the developer of the project for the University of Mississippi, received advice that would prove prophetic. “I…
A Legacy of Loyalty: Honoring a Trusted Advocate
When longtime music industry leaders decided to establish an endowed scholarship at the University of Mississippi School of Law, they knew exactly whose name it should carry. The late Bob…
Leaving a Legacy
At 99 years old, Catherine Powell Klipple left behind a legacy of quiet service, endless curiosity and a lifelong commitment to helping others. Now, through a planned $1 million gift to the…
A Story of Hope
For Sabrina and David Porter, philanthropy is not abstract; it is deeply personal. Referring to his son who struggled to survive after birth and then grew to become a leading…